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The Douglas Enterprise VOLUME XXXVIII, NUMBER 28 2,500 School Children Were Visitors At Coffee coil STILL 111 SESSION. GRAND JURY KEPI 8051 MAJOR BROWN CASE NOT YET REACHED. VALDOSTA PRISON. ERS BROUGHT HERE FOR TRIAL. GRAND JURY HARD AT WORK. The criminal division of Coffee Sup erior court convened Monday morning at 10 o’clock with Judge John P. Knight, of the Alapaha circuit, pres iding, in the absence of Judge Harry Reed, who is spending the week in Au gusta in attendance at the annual state meeting of the Kiwanis clubs of Georgia, Judge Reed being pi’esident of this organization. Judge Knight is one of the young judges of the state in point of service but he has presided with dignity and fairness, and has made additional friends since his service here this week. Solicitor Allen Spence, assist ed by Attorney R. J. Cornelius, of the City Court, have been kept busy in the interests of the state. As we go to press late Thursday af ternoon the court is still in session and the outlook is that it will remain busy for the remainder of the week, and a possibility that there will be a third week of court, as a great num ber of jail cases will be left on hand when this week’s work has been fin ished. However, there has been no intimation from the Judge that a third week will be used in the disposition of the jail cases. The first case Monday morning was that of the state vs Alfred Peterson, a white man charged with assault with intent to murder. He was rep resented by Quincey & Quincey. The case lasted until Tuesday at noon, and the defendant got a verdict of net guilty. The next ease was that of the state vs Dewey Darby, a negro charged with the killing of Andrew Britt last December in the negro section of Douglas. He was represented by Dickerson & Kelley, of this city, and Attorney John W. Bennett, of Way cross. The trial lasted until Wednes day at noon when an agreement was reached whereby Darby was convicted of voluntary manslaughter, receiving a sentence of from 2 to 5 years. The third case now in progress as we go to press is that of the state vs Will Wiggins, a negro charged with the murder of his son in Broxton last July. He pleades self defence. Hav ing no lawyer the court appointed At torneys L. E. Heath and J. A. Roberts. We understand the jury is now out on this case and may arrive at a verdict before we get to press. The ease of the state vs Hugh Craw' ford, a West Green negro charged with the killing of his brother, has been called and is now being tried. The defesdant is represented by Bussey & Bussey. The case will probably last until Friday at noon. Another case that was disposed of this week was that of the state vs James Nelson, charged with forgery. .It was reduced to a misdemeanor with a fine of SIOO and 12 months, the lat ter part to be taken off, with good be havior. Major Brown Case. No intimation can be obtained as we go to press as to whether the Major Brown case will be taken up this week or not. The recently ar rested parties, George Lott and Jack Tanner, charged with murder, and who were sent to the Valdosta jail for safe keeping, were brought to Douglas Tuesday by Deputy Sheriff Goodwin. He also brought a state witness, J. Anderson, from Valdosta at the same time. No information has been given out about the trial of either of these defendants. The granl jury is still in session late Thursday afternoon. DELEGATES FROM DOUGLAS TO KIWANIS CONVENTION The state Kiwanis convention is in session in Augusta this week. The local cluib named Messrs. E. S. Tally, Fred Ricketson and Rema Sapp, as delegates, and Messrs. W. R. Wilson, J. M. Thrash and J. R. Slater, as al ternates. We cannot find out if any of these gentlemen attended. IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE Have You Tried It? '77he Enterprise ‘Pulisbhes the Legal Advertising of the City of Douglas, Coffee County and County Commissioners FASHION SHOW WAS BIGGEST FEATURE DURING FAIR WEEK LARGE CRO WI) S ATTENDED. MRS. H. J. BOATWRIGHT IS C H A I It M A N OF COMMITTEE. MUCH OF SUCCESS DUE TO HER. A review of the Fashion Show held Tuesday evening at the County Fair brought praise from all participants. Dame Fashion, in a most pleasing manner, indicated the styles that have won her approval, at the Style Show —one of unusual elaborateness «nd beauty—sponsored by the Woman’s Department, asd direetel by Mrs. H. J. Boatwright, chairmas. The general opinion expressed by those present was that the show was good from every standpoint. Opinions of those who had seen the city pro ductions placed the Douglas display as measuring up in every detail. Dur ing the evening Miss Mary Lowrey and Miss Louella Coffee furnished a musical program. Little Miss Winnifred Clark, dress ed in a frock of black velvet, trimmed in green, offset by a dashing hat, an nounced with her usual grace, the models as they appeared. It would be impossible to give iu detail the charm and distinction of the many beautiful gowns, modish frocks, ultra smart street and afternoon gowns, serviceable and handsome coats as well as exquisite millinery, displayed by the Boston Store, Harris, Vickers, Westbrook and Mrs. Jackson. That green in several shades, brown, dull reds, and tans, as well as the ever popular shades of blue, will be among the leading shades this Fall and Win ter was easily seen. The success of the show exceeded expectation and will result in making Dcuglas a trade center. The models for the different stores were: Harris, Mrs. R. B. Evans, R. E. Evans, Jr., Mrs. Bruce Griffin, Miss Mary Campbell Patterson, Miss Mary Winn, and Miss Alma Pridgen. West brook: Mrs. Erma Brooks and Miss Agnes McKinnon. Mrs. Jackson: Miss Josephine Chambliss, Broxton, Mrs. W. P. Ward, Jr., Mrs. Earl Ricketson Bioxton, and Miss L 11a Mae Bridges. Boston: M:ss Mary Tanner, Miss Helen Folger, Miss Blanche Haddock. Vickesr: Miss Mabel Poindexter, Miss Myrtle Vickers, Miss Bennie Hender son, Willacoochee, Miss Loreta Ben nett, Beach. Mi's. J. C. Relihan, Per manent Wave Model: Miss Louella Coffee. 10. 111. HOLD THIRD MONDAY MEETING The regular third Monday meeting of the W. M. U. of the Baptist church was held at the church on Monday af ternoon. Mrs. Emma Windham’s circle in charge. The meeting was opened by singing “Have Thine Own Way, Lord". Miss Dollie offered prayer. The devotional was given by Mrs. Windham. Graded W. M. U. was the subject for this meeting and was pre sented by the following ladies: “The Family Circle”—Mrs. J. L. Cochran. “Family-Methods” Mrs. Hoke Davis Piano Solo, Evelyn Sikes. Reading, “Broidery Work”—Mrs. Elton Kirkland. “Our Foreign Mail from Argentina and Uruguay”—Mrs. E. L. Grantham. “Letter from Cuba”—Ms. T. W. Shaw. “Letter from Africa”—Mrs. J. A. S'ikes. “Letter from Japan”—Mrs. W. W. Popwell. “Letter from China”—Mrs. W. H. Bailey. “Letter from Central China”—Mrs. G. L. Sims. » “A Million Women”—Mrs. Emma Windham. SINGING CONVENTION. Fifth Sunday Singing Convention meets with Salem church 6 miles from Douglas on the Dixie Highway the sth Sunday in October, 1926. Every body is cordially invited, especially all leaders and singers. E. L. Smith, Ssc.-Treas. THE DOUGLAS ENTERPRISE, DOUGLAS, GEORGIA, OCT. 22, 1926. NOTES OF THE FAIR ( Contributed ) The Ambrose district exhibit -had some good school work including hand and written. Its sweet potatoes were well selected and the only soy beans we noted were in this booth. Broxton district stressed the display of its agricultural products, had var iety and good taste was used in dis play. Broxton people were late in getting started but they worked fast and made good. In quantity, Douglas district had twice as much as any other district. Its industrial display was especially good and the woman’s work the larg est in any district. A pasture of car pet grass with cattle on it was nifty and significent. Bridgetown, the baby of the coun ty, made a hit with its corn display, having won both first and second prizes in the quantity of corn per acre —101 1-2 and 92 1-2 bushels. It also made the best hay and meat dis plays. An old spinning wheel and cotton cards brought back memories to the older people. Nicholls district won first prize by cooperation and hard work. They got their products in the building first and worked early and late to the last min ute. Good taste was evident in every article displayed and no prettier can ned goods were in the building. A glass jar of pretty honey was shown where the bees had used the jar as a hive. West Green str’essed its home grown products and its beautiful handiwork, was abundant. This display carried a real carpet grass pasture and an old rifle our fathers shot deer wfith a hun dred years ago. The Woman's Department was the largest and best ever shown in a county fair in Georgia. It was filled with beautiful handiwork, canned goods, cakes, butter, candy and all tastefully placed. Coffee County wo men did honor to themselves in this display. Needle work and canned goods fea tured the Girls economic booth and tables, for there was not enough room in the space alotted and extra tables had to be used in the aisle. Assort ments of grape juice were featured in this exhibit. Miss Buchan is doing fine work in the county. Mr. Bussey wen a triumph in his Boys Club work and with his great tobacco exhibit—the one he carried to Savannah. The boys displayed corn, cotton, potatoes, chickens and eggs, grain of all kinds and the booth car ried an education feature on forestry and conservation. Wherever Prof. Thrash shows his hand there is genius. In the A. & M. booth was a fac simile of the grounds and buildings of the schools, and the detail was striking. Prof. Thrash and his students worked this out with wonderful credit. The Douglas High School did some fine stunts in economics with Miss Grubbs and her students leading. What to eat and what not to eat was manifest in the physical condition of the little doll that stuffed herself with candy and knicknacks and the little doll that ate vegetables, fruit and drank milk. The booth held two pairs of scales for weighing students. The Woman’s Club used a special booth to stress the right kind of food and demonstrated the evil effects of the medicine chest. Mrs. Neverwell and Mrs. Everwell were the exemplars of the principle. Mr. Flagg with his reproduction rings will be manifest in this vicinity for many moons, for his booth with its parte diamonds and white gold were almost irrestible to the finery lovers. J. E. White made a most creditable show with his Douglas made cigars. He is making good in Douglas with his factory and his cigars are popular. ■Chero-Cola is a standard product and the booth was well arranged. The Boston Store used good taste and pretty goods in its exhibit. The Harris Sore booth appealed es pecially to the ladies in its pretty lin gerie. The booth that received as much praise as any at the fair was that of Carl Wilcox of the Broxton district. It is said that Carl gathered his prod ucts and started for Douglas last Fri day night at eleven o’clock, aiTiving here Saturday morning. Then went to work and fixed up his own exhibit anil <Ebf (Eofff? (gourd? Ms ■by himself, some Douglas school teach ers decorated it for him and he won second individual farm exhibit money and prizes on several individual pro ducts. He carried away twenty odd dollars in prizes. West Green school exhibit was dec orated in Halloween colors and won fifth individual school prize. It car ried one back to the old days of martin gourds, bird traps and wind mills, well sweeps and log cabins. The McClelland school which won first school exhibit prize was filled' with canned vegetables, fruits, can dies, cakes, butter, milk, cane and everything good. It was well arrang ed. The individual farm exhibit of Mrs. Coffee had everything in it that a well ordered household needs and gave one a homey feeling. It won third prize. Vickers Chapel was the fourth prize school exhibit and was characterized by abundance of handiwork. Wilson’s Jewelry Store is repre sented by a most tasty exhibit of glass and other goods. A breakfast set was especially dainty. The Chamber of Commerce had a rest booth without decorations, carry ing literature of Coffee County and the Five Year Plan. Sears School, third prize, was neat and pretty and had an especially at tractive front. The Douglas Oil & Fertilizer booth carried some fine products, illustrat ing the value of its fertilizers. The store booth of Lewis Vickers was especially impressive and made one stop, look and wonder. Rocky Pond school won second prize with its pretty canned goods, handi work and some fine agricultural things. The first prize individual farm booth was exhibited by J. R. Crider. It car ried all kinds of farm seed, milk, butter and canned goods. M. F. Head Furniture Store stress ed kitchen furniture in a very neat booth. Coca-Cola booth was most striking and manifested Bill Bailey’s clear cut mind behind it. Peoples Hardware Co. had some of the prettiest white and blue enamel ware. The booth was in three sec tions and clearly defined. Light and Water Plants of country homes were the special features of the Douglas Hardware Co. It also carried a Winchester Store and it is prettily decorated. McCormick-Deering booth is one of the big exhibits at the fair. Mr. Bush has his power machines, trucks, trac tors, hay presses and wagons well dis played. Many people say the Tanner-Brice furniture booth is the best in the fair. Certainly it is genuinely admired by everybody. It displays an entire house hold furnished. Mrs. E. L. Tanner worked it out. The kitchen and din ing rooms are gems. Lott Builders Supply Co. has the largest display in the fair as well as one of the most attractive. Its little brick bungalow with garage and dog house pleases the children so much they were insistent visitors. . The Gulf Refining Company with its “Good Gulf Gasoline” is there with its characteristic color and all. The educational booth of the fair is the Woman’s Club. It manifests mature thought as well as genius. It demonstrates paved roads in contrast with “corduroy” sandy roads, pro tected forest with burned forests, car rier scales for weighing school child ren, and an ingeniously wrought play ground with equipment and children at play in minature, a library and illus tration of thrift. Watt-Holmes ~Hardware Co. booth features oil cook stoves and heaters (f several kinds, especially the hot blast furnace. The automobile exhibits are ..a cred it to the fair and to the city of Doug las. They fill a large part of the building, beginning near the entrance with the Universal Ford, tractors, parts, etc. Some genius has built a little cannon with Ford parts. Jardine Auto Co. comes next with a beautifully decorated booth holding a Dodge Coupe, special Sedan and a Graham Brothers five ton truck. W. M. Cook the Hudson-Essex deal er, is displaying an Essex Steel Body Coach, a Broughham Hudson Super County Fair On Tuesday Friday Is Farmers Day Ku Klux Parade At Night Saturday Everybodys Day NICHOLLS WINS IN DISTRICT EXHIBIT District Exhibits. Nicholls Ist Prize West Green 2nd Prize Douglas 3rd Prize Broxton 4th Prize Mora sth Prize Ambrose 6th Prize School Exhibits. McClelland Ist Prize Rocky Pond 2nd Prize Seals 3rd Prize Vickers Chapel 4th Prize West Green sth Prize Ambrose 6th Prize Farm Exhibits. J. R. Crider Ist Prize W. C. Wilcox 2nd Prize Mrs. A. F. Coffee 3rd Prize Boys Cotton Club. Dennis Barwick Ist Prize Bobbie Babcock 2nd Prize Boys Clubs—Pigs. Alma Leggett. .. .Ist Prize, Gilts Frank Spivey. .. .2nd Prize, Gilts Boyd Winters... .2nd Prize, Boar NOTICE OF TURKEY DINNER. The annual Hollowe’en turkey din ner will be served as usual by the Episcopal church women, on the night of the 30th, near the new bakery in the Lankford building. A complete copy of the menu and further details will be given in a later issue of this paper. Mrs. J. M. Dent. EPISCOPAL AUXILIARY MEETS. The Womans Episcopal Auxiliary held their regular monthly meeting on Monday afternoon of last week, at th? home of Mrs. O. F. Deen with mo-1 of the members present. All express ing an eager spirit to go forward with the Autumn plans. A large amount of handwork has been finished by the members during the year preparatory to the opening of a Bazaar to be held sometime in December. Plans were also completed at this meeting for the annual turkey dinner to be served on the night of the 30th, in a room adjoining the new bakery. An instructive program rendered by Mrs. T. A. Dixon was an interesting feature of the meeting. A delicious refreshment was served by the hostess, consisting of fruit salad, crackers, sandwiches and coffee. There will be preaching at the Episcopal church next Sunday morn ing at 11:15 and at 8:00 p. m. A cordial invitation to come is given you. * “Liberty Is the Object and Life of All Republican Governments”—Ben jamin Rush. Six and all prettily decorated. The Kirkland Chevrolet booth car ries a Chevrolet Coupe, Sedan, run about, touring ear and a half ton chas sis, w'ell located. Southern Motor Co., W. L. Rogers, has the new Overland-Whippet well represented. The Overland Six and Willis-Knight makes this booth at tractive to car lovers. The individual farm products coun ter is over across from the poultry and carries some wonderful pears, meat, pumpkins, pecans, honey, corn, pota toes, syrup, persimmons, sugar cane, cotton and tobacco. The poultry show is better than Mr. Bussey expected, but is only the be ginning of a wonderful sjhow next year. It has some nice chickens, but can hardly be classed as “Fancy Birds” as yet. There are Reds, Bar red and White Rocks, Anchonas, Leg horns, Cochins, Orphingtons, Minorcas, Bantoms, some white and Belgian Hares, and a friendly cow. This show also has two pens of fine bird dogs—one with a mother and six pups. There were among the most popular exhibits at the fair. The live stock show was the weakest spot of the fair. Mr. Bussey says this will certainly be cured before another year. A few dairy cows and nice pigs, one Jersey bull and all is said. $1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE TUESDAY WAS SCHOOL CHILD REN’S DAY AND WILL LIKELY BE BANNER DAY OF THE FAIR. CROWDS ARE LARGE EVERY DAY. The Coffee County Fair is in full swing as we go to press, everything running on schedule time, and the crowds have been splendid all the week. The weather has been ideal for such a time, and the people of the county are taking advantage of this educational institution which has been promoted by the citizens of Coffee county. The Fashion Show on Tuesday night was a great success, a full account of it appearing elsewhere on this page. The exhibits were far ahead of ex pectations. Everybody is pleased, and they will rank with the exhibits of most of the stae fairs. We wish we could give space to all the premiums given, in this issue, but will give the entire list next week. We have the list in the office but time and space forbid this week. We are publishing’ on this page a few of the prizes won for districts, etc., but the individual prizes, also the Womans Work de partment cannot be handled by us until next issue. Tuesday was school children’s day asd it is conservatively estimated that over 2500 school children in the coun ty were in attendance, at least there were that many visitors on grounds. The long carade started at the High School and came thru town and on down Peterson avenue to the fair grounds. It was inspiring and hand led in perfect order. The amusertienT features are pleas ing everybody. The Wise Shows are well known and appears to be one of the average carnivals. There is plen ty of music on hand, twe bands dis pensing music all the while. The grounds aic crowded with people at nights and late in the afternoons. There is no charge for admission to the grounds at night. The city is dec: rated with flags and other patriotic c< lois, and anyone is aware of something extraordinary going on here, when they enter the city. The stores are receiving their share of the big trade here this week. U. D. C. MEETING POSTPONED. The meeting of the U. D. C. has been postponed and will not meet next Thursday. Announcement of the next meeting will be made in this paper next week. Mrs. Hoke Davis, Sec. METHODIST Iff TO BEGIN SUNDAY Beginning Sunday morning special services will be held at the Methodist church. The pastor will speak at all the services. The churches obligation and opportunity, will be the theme at 11:30. The vanity of a life cf sensual delights, will be the subject at 7:30. Sunday School at 10:15 a. m. Epworth League at 6:30 p. m. The Womans Missionary society will sponsor the Monday evening service at 7:30, and conduct the devotional service. The pastor will use as his subject. The modern slave, Martha, will be character studied. The official board will sponsor the Tuesday evening worship and conduct the devotional. Self encouragement, a character study, David being the character, will be the subject. Wednesday evening will be pastors and prayer meeting night. The star vation committee, a study of an old world story. Thursday night will be Sunday school night, the officers and teachers in the school will conduct the devo tional. The undying fire, a study in the character of Moses, will be the theme. Friday, the Epworth League will sponsor the service and conduct the devotional service. A fine animal — Esau, will be the subject. All the people are urged to attend these ser vices. Mr. Henry Roberts will lead the singing. Come thou with us and we will do thee good.